I linked to this in my newsletter too, but it's so good it deserves a separate post: Dave Weigel on how "based" versus "cringe" is the new spectrum you need to understand American politics.
Analysis | The Trailer: Based or cringe? A new way of explaining the same old political brawls
A new way of looking at our most circular political debates, a tape of Virginia's Republican nominee for governor laying out his strategy, and an attempt to win a Trump endorsement goes horribly wrong.
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